Elk Grove Village

Elk Grove Village
ISBN-10
0738561657
ISBN-13
9780738561653
Category
History
Pages
128
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Authors
Nancy Colby, Kelly Behnke

Description

Prior to 1956, the area now known as Elk Grove Village was a massive cornfield. On July 17, 1956, Elk Grove Village was incorporated as a village, with a population of 116. Since that time, the growth of the village can only be described as phenomenal. Over 50 years, the village has dramatically changed since those early days of cornfields. The name Elk Grove Village was adopted from the great number of elk that roamed through the fenced-in portion of Busse Woods, along Arlington Heights Road, south of the Northwest Tollway. American Indians called the region Wapiti, meaning "elk."

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